Panlong Temple - China Travel

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Panlong Temple is one of the most popular temples in Kunming. It is located on Panlong Mountain on the east bank of Dianchi Lake, about 40 kilometers away from downtown Kunming and 3 kilometers southeast of Jincheng Town, Jinning County. It is also known as Kunming Xishan and Binchuan Jizu Mountain. In 1983, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Kunming.

The temples of Panlong Temple are built on the mountain. There are one, two, and three-day gates in the mountain gate. There are more than 20 courtyards, including Yingxian Bridge, Sleeping Buddha Hall, Lu Zu Hall, Patriarch Hall, Daxiong Hall, Yuhuang Pavilion, Jialan Hall, and Pharmacist Hall. Among the gods of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, the Panlong Patriarch Hall, Pharmacist Hall, and Guanyin Hall are very prosperous. The trees around the temple are luxuriant, among which camellia and pines and cypresses are very famous. It turned out that there was also Wansong Temple, and a tall Guanhai Tower has been built. When you climb up, you can enjoy the scenery of Dianchi Lake. Panlong Temple is hidden on the quiet Panlong Mountain. To climb to this Buddhist scenic spot, you have to go out of the "four gates". First out of the east gate of Jincheng, there is the archway of "South Dian Lingjing", which is the gate of "entry". Then pass through the ruins of Xiangshan Academy and enter the Panlong Mountain Gate, which is the gate of the "mountain". After passing Yingshan Lake, circling upwards, you have to pass through three heavenly gates, which are the gates of "Heaven". Then you can see the gate of Panlong Temple, which is the gate of "Buddha" after passing through the Sleeping Buddha Hall and Luzu Pavilion. , is also the "Tao" gate, or the "Holy" gate.

Panlong Temple has camellias in Yuan Dynasty, cinnabar magnolia in Ming Dynasty, red plum in Ming Dynasty, and silver osmanthus in Qing Dynasty.

There is a "Camellia Hall" in Panlong Temple. Although it is a small courtyard, there are two camellia trees in the courtyard. It is said that they were planted by monk Lianfeng. It has a history of 600 years. One of them belongs to the "Lion Head" with nine hearts and eighteen petals. The flowers are bigger than the mouth of a bowl, and the colors are very bright. The tree is two feet high and the root is as thick as a small bucket. The ancient camellia in the Golden Temple. Another tree, "Pine with soft branches and scales", is more than ten feet tall, and its roots are as thick as three girths.

Every year on the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, there is the Panlong Temple Fair. On the day of the temple fair, tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists come here to worship the Buddha and catch up with the temple fair. Most of them are from Kunming, Chenggong, Kunyang and Yuxi. The scene of the temple fair is lively, which cannot be compared with any other temple fair in Kunming.